Fungal infection in patients with serpiginous choroiditis or acute zonal occult outer retinopathy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Pisa, Diana ^a   Ramos, Marta ^a   García, Patricia ^a   Escoto, Remberto ^b   Barraquer, Rafael ^b   Molina, Susana ^a   Carrasco, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI BARRAQUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE ZONAL OCCULT OUTER RETINOPATHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA FAMATA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINOPATHY; SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHOROIDITIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RETINAL DISEASES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII;

EID: 38149045590     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02605-06     Document Type: Article

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